ESCA vs. FNKO, AOUT, CLAR, GNSS, KOSS, KBSX, BHAT, FTEL, YYAI, and MICS
Should you be buying Escalade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Escalade include Funko (FNKO), American Outdoor Brands (AOUT), Clarus (CLAR), Genasys (GNSS), Koss (KOSS), FST (KBSX), Fujian Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology (BHAT), Fitell (FTEL), Connexa Sports Technologies (YYAI), and Singing Machine (MICS). These companies are all part of the "recreation" industry.
Escalade vs.
Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) and Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Escalade had 3 more articles in the media than Funko. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Escalade and 11 mentions for Funko. Funko's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Escalade's score of -0.15 indicating that Funko is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Funko received 30 more outperform votes than Escalade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.52% of users gave Escalade an outperform vote while only 59.87% of users gave Funko an outperform vote.
Funko presently has a consensus target price of $13.33, indicating a potential upside of 224.81%. Given Funko's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Funko is more favorable than Escalade.
Escalade has a net margin of 5.20% compared to Funko's net margin of -2.29%. Escalade's return on equity of 7.17% beat Funko's return on equity.
Funko has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Escalade has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Escalade has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Escalade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.2% of Funko shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Escalade shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Funko shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.8% of Escalade shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Escalade beats Funko on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ESCA) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
